(Of course, I'm talking about Matasano Security / NCC Group ;P. I knew people there when you all worked out of the Dental Fabulous--no clue if you still do--and had some incredibly awkward run-ins involving Apple people, as everyone on all sides wanted to pretend that no one knew anyone else, due to what I'm sure was a ton of NDAs, explicit and implied... it was pretty epic, actually, as one of the people involved was essentially a "double-agent"! Regardless, I'm willing to believe that you had just left before all of these contracts with Apple had happened, and it certainly undermines the premise that you yourself don't need one of these devices to do research, so "point still taken".)